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Topic Started: Feb 12 2012, 05:00 AM (652 Views)
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Yet another late afternoon in Cafe Mahou.

Just like any other weekdays, the cafe is starting to become busy as soon as the clock strikes 6. Apparently, it is a rather popular place among Hyakujians, students and adults alike. Aside from the fact that the maids and the butlers here are often eye-candies, and the food is actually decent and inexpensive, there is also the fact that it is easily accessible, and the environment has a nice atmosphere to it. Therefore, it is not hard to find singles who decide to come here for dinner or a short break before going back home.

Among all of those people who came in and out of the store, there is a tiny girl at a corner of the store near the cafe's windows that allows its customers to stare out at the streets. The girl has been here, actually, for an hour now, simply doing her people observing, all while munching on her blueberry cheesecake tart. It seems that she has been enjoying herself quite thoroughly, considering that she hasn't had much and has only been biting the pie off bit by bit.

Yet, there is a rather lonely, or even cold, aura on the doll girl's face. Her clothing black and frilled, the girl looks as if she came out directly from one of those medieval lolita manga, or from those tiny dress-up doll stores. She sits quietly there, only moving now and then, and continues to stay quietly in her own corner. One can almost say that she has set up an invisible sign saying "do not disturb" around her table.

While Yuri normally doesn't know why she ends up wherever she goes, she knows, this time, for a fact that she has decided to visit this cafe at this specific time.

She has seen Tsubame Hoshino at work here.

She has seen her here numerous times along with her Boss, and she knows very well what kind of cafe this is. She also knows about the "official" reason why the hacker works here. Yet, she has never really been able to find out much about Tsubame aside from what she sees with her own eyes. And, after a long thought, Yuri has deduced that it is mainly because whenever she and Osiris Solomon visits, Tsubame is usually the person who is serving them.

So, maybe, if she can come and do some observation, she can find out more about this cafe, and along with that, more about the person that her life-purpose giver is so fixated on.

After all, the reaction that Osiris has been giving around Tsubame does perk her interest. If anything, she'd like to do more than what she is doing for Osiris, to at least repay part of what greatness she has received from Osiris.

Or, perhaps, she just wishes to get away from everything for a bit, and wants some alone time for herself, and decided to make up some reason for it.

... Though, to be honest, her mere stares at the customers may become a slight problem for the others, given that, well, her bland and cold stares are giving off some rather uncomfortable vibes to people around her, even though the girl herself is not realizing it.
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Kira had just gotten in to the cafe for her shift. She had gotten an oddly timed shift today, so she had to be careful getting in there. It seemed that the person she was relieving had to leave while one of her customers was still at her table, so Kira was asked to look after the customer for her. Of course Kira had no issue with it, so as soon as she was ready to go out onto the floor, she first went to see the table that she was covering.

"Hello miss, my name is Kira, your server had to leave, so I will be taking over for her. If you need anything, just say so."
Kira said with a bow. The girl seemed rather out of it, staring into space... the expression on her face could almost be described as... dead. Regardless, that was nothing for Kira to comment on.
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Yuri looks up, her cold and bland glance rests upon Kira's hair-dress, then her hands, then back into the server's eyes when she raises her head.

She recognizes this girl. It's been quite a few times that, when Tsubame Hoshino was working, this girl was working too. There seemed to be something between herself and Hoshino, however, that Hoshino has been avoiding contact with her. Whether it was of some thoughts and emotions, Yuri knows not. All she knows is that she has been noticing some subtle abnormality whenever Hoshino is dealing with this girl.

But that, of course, is rather hard for anyone else to notice, except for those who actually know Hoshino's true face.

"… Kira… is it…" The girl mutters to herself, as if pondering about something, and continues to stare at the girl, as if she was trying to capture Kira by the maid's hands with her pair of eyes.

If Hoshino has been avoiding this woman, that must mean that there is some sort of weakness that she has seen in this woman. And if that statement is correct, Yuri can only deduce that this woman will probably be a good source for her to find out more about Tsubame Hoshino… Right?

"Tsubame Hoshino… You know her." Slowly, the girl says her words, as if she is trying very, very hard to choose her words carefully. "What is she?"

This is a very, very strange question for anyone to answer, but to Yuri, that sounds completely normal.

After all, the thing that Yuri doesn't understand, is the reason behind the close intimacy that she has to Osiris Solomon's feelings. There must be something in her that makes it all happen. What is it in her that makes Osiris so interested?
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Kira starts to feel a little creeped out now that this girl's dead stares are now directed at her, and her alone.

Kira perked up a bit as the girl spoke her name, and asked about Tsubame. "I... I know her yes..." She says before the girl continues...

"What is she?"

"What is she?" Kira was rather confused, repeating the question, "She is a person...? She is a co-worker and friend of mine..." Kira said, not knowing how else to answer. Did this girl know Tsubame somehow?
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The girl felt as if she has not ask a question at all.

After listening to what Kira had to say, Yuri merely removes her gaze from Kira, and turns her gaze back onto the table, falling into her own deep thoughts.

So after all, Tsubame is just a human. Well, of course, what else would Tsubame be, except for a human? It is not like Tsubame is more robot or more ghostly than her, or less human than she is. No, Tsubame is far, far more human than she is.

That also means, then, Yuri's effort to try and find out something about Tsubame from Kira is just.. pointless?

But then, there is a single phrase that stood out in the sentence.

Friends.

The young girl closes her eyes. She vaguely remembered something that Tsubame has mentioned before. Something about friends, and favors.

"... I don't have friends," Softly, the girl utters the words that she remembered Tsubame saying, as if reciting from a record- and indeed she was, from the data stored in her muse behind the stem of her neck. "All I have, are those I owe favors to, and those owe me favors."

She opens her eyes and stares at the now-cold english tea that she was drinking. "I recall her saying that once."

She turns to look at Kira again.

"She is a friend to you, I take it," The girl speaks again, "Then what are you to her?"

After all, if Kira thinks that she is a friend of Tsubame, why would Tsubame avoid Kira to begin with? As far as her knowledge and memories goes, no friends avoid each other.

Is there something that she doesn't know involved in this acquaintance?
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That was quite the good question. "What are you to her?" She couldn't exactly out and say a toy now could she? "I see her as my friend... I hope she would view me the same way, but I don't know. She is friendly, but as for what she thinks of me as, I wouldn't know." Kira explained. Regardless of how many times Tsubame said that Kira was her toy, she was still friendly. It was true that she had been distancing herself from her recently, that was rather obvious when she goes as far as to change shifts to avoid her at times. Kira was glad that they had gotten to talk about what had happened before some, even if they didn't talk much, it was much more than it had been as of recent.
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The girl, once again, tilts her head and stares at Kira. Is that what it is? Does Kira not really know what she is to Tsubame?

Or maybe there is something in between them that Kira wishes not to talk about, or that Yuri will not be able to comprehend.

"Why wouldn't you know, though? Still, Yuri is not about to just give up right there and then. "Or is it that you know, but not wish to convey it?"

Yuri then pauses, and thinks of what she has just said. Maybe she has trespassed a little bit between Kira and Tsubame. After all, if there is anything that she learned recently, is that there is a region of grayness that people never want intervened by a third party, and for some reason, Yuri has a feeling that this is one of those areas.

"… Never mind that." The girl says again, picking up her cold tea and takes a sip out of it. "I have asked too much."

Though…

"If a person has owed another person a huge favor, and that another person, by letting this person owe that favor, owe yet another person a favor, What would make of that original person to the ultimate person?" Curiosity yet again took a hold of the better of Yuri, as she fires off another question. What'd make Kira to Osiris, if Tsubame was stuck in between?
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This girl seemed quite strange to say the least. All of these questions about her and Tsubame... did this girl know something that she didn't?

"I wouldn't know. That whole situation seems quite tangled." Kira said with a laugh.

What was she trying to get at? Someone owing someone because of what they did for someone else? Or that because someone let someone else get into debt, they were now in debt as well?
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Yuri tilts her head again, slightly confused. After all, it is a description of her situation with Tsubame and Osiris right now. Or does she not know that Tsubame is in debt to Osiris because of what happened with her?

… Logically, this may make sense. Or it may just be the fact that Kira doesn't want to talk about it.

"… Never mind then." The girl mutters, putting her cup down onto the desk from her hand. "May I ask you to refill the water for me?"

Well, there is that, and there is her own dilemma, too. Yuri almost wishes not to have to deal with that at all, as that is another thing that has been in her mind most of the time. Altlene.

The mere thought of having to go home and face her puts a slightly heavier stone on her consciousness.

"… By the way, Is there a time limit as to how long I can sit here?" Noticing that she has been spending quite a while here, the girl asks. After all, if there is a time limit, she should head off to somewhere else, so not to trouble Kira.

But where else can she go?
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Kira picked up Yuri's cup, "Of course miss." She said with a light bow. Kira now had quite a bit on her mind now thanks to the seemingly emotionless girl. She was turning to leave as Yuri asked how long she could stay at the table, "Theirs no time limit unless it gets really busy, and its a slow day today miss. The only limit is closing, but that's not for another few hours yet." Kira said over her shoulder before walking away to get her another glass of water.

After coming back to the table and placing the glass down on the table in front of her, Kira had one question for her. "May I know my customer's name?" She asked with a bow. Generally over the course of conversing with customers she would get a name from them, it would make it more personal, but she hadn't received one from this girl... did she even give the last waitress her name?
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Well, that is convenient, that she doesn't have to leave until the store closes. Then she can stay and wander as much as she wants, without having to worry about…

Going home.

"Is it a custom for the cafe to ask for names?" Yuri tilts her head again. This is a rather… odd thing that she does not know about this cafe. After all, for all the other times she was here with Osiris, Tsubame has always known their name already, that she calls them by their names anyway.

So it would seem that the main reason why Tsubame calls them by name is because it is a requirement for the location she works in, eh.

"… Yuri…." After pondering upon the question herself for a little bit, she replies.
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That was a rather odd way of putting it. "Its not really required, but its nice to know the names of the customers, it lets us make the experience more personal for the customers." She explained before finally hearing her name... Yuri... Kira started to think... the name was familiar... and she looked familiar as well... did Kira meet this girl before? She certainly didn't remember meeting anyone like Yuri. Well, that could be thought about later.

"If you need anything else Yuri just call for me, I have to make sure some other tables are okay, then I will come back to check on you, unless you call me before that." Kira said with a slight bow, before heading away from the table.
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Yuri nodded at Kira's comment about leaving. After all, there really wasn't anything that Yuri could think of that she can find out more about Tsubame from Kira. Given that Kira thought of Tsubame as a friend, of course.

Though, that was when she noticed something- when Kira turned around, for a second, Yuri thought she saw a scar behind her neck. While it is not a big one, it is certainly a strange looking one. In fact, it looks like that of…

If there is anything that the lack of memories, and after that, the lack of emotions have taught Yuri to do, is a very quick, keen and cautious observation of things and people around her. Normally, no person would actually notice the scar, given that the maid's hair is actually down to her waist. However, for that split second of when the girl turns around, and the hair moved, the girl was able to caught a glimpse of flesh, and that looks like no ordinary flesh- it was still white in the middle and red on the outside. As tiny as the glimpse may be, she is still able to catch onto the obvious difference between a scarred piece of skin and a perfectly nice piece.

Wait a minute, The girl voices again. "That scar. How'd you get it?"

Blunt, to the point, brutally sharp.
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Kira turned around slightly confused. "Scar? What scar?" She turned back around with a confused look on her face. Kira never kept scars. Due to her Kampfer form's healing she shouldn't have any scars.

"What do you mean Miss?" She said self consciously.
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Yuri blinks her eyes again. How would this girl, Kira, not know that she has a scar on her even though it look so fresh and obvious?

Then, the girl proceeds to tilt her head sideways. By the brief glimpse that she can see from the shape, it is, indeed, a circular shape. The look of it seem like what she has on her own neck, too. If that is the case, then Kira must have gone through some sort of operation, and if Yuri isn't completely off, it is somewhat Zodiac related, too. There is just no way that Kira won't know about such a huge operation done on her. It took Yuri a day or two, at least, to physically recover from the insert of the port into the stem of her own neck. Then, why....

This is illogical.

"You have a scar behind your neck. Circular one." The girl says again, this time saying it in a more testing way. Does Kira really not know that she has a scar on her?

"... Did you recently get hurt?"
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